Bandage for veterinary use



(No Model.)

G. T. CHAPMAN. BANDAGB FOR VETERINARY USE, 6w.

Patented Nov. 12, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

eEoReE'T. CHAPMAN, or WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK.

BANDAGE FOR'VETERINARY. USE, 86C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 414,752, dated November 12, 1889.

Application filed March 15, 1889.

T0 aZZ whom .it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE T. CHAPMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at \Vhite Plains, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bandages; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to elastic bandages for use in applying poultices and other remedial substances for the treatm entof affected parts of the legs of horses, and applicable, also, for neck and throat treatment when made in sufliciently larger dimensions, the said bandage consisting of a rubber or other elastic band, whereof a short portion of each end is of smaller circumference, also stronger and more rigid substance, than the intermediate web, which is a pod for containing the remedial agent, as hereinafter more fully described,reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a horses foot and ankle-joint, showing myimproved bandage applied to it, partly in side view and partly in section. Fig. 3 is a View of a horses head with a bandage applied for treating the throat. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the bandage and of the foot to which it is applied.

a and 1) represent the ends, respectively, and c the middle web of the elastic endless bandage, which is preferably made of rubber, but may of course be made of any suitable elastic fabric, the said ends being of smaller circumference, also more rigid substance, than the middle web 0, and being adapted in respect to the size of the part to which the bandage is to be applied to contract snugly thereto, while the middle web is as much larger than the said part as is necessary to form a protuberant pod for receiving and retaining remedial substances-as poultices and the likethe pod being filled after the Serial No. 303,446. (No model.) I

bandage is applied by temporarily stretching the uppermost marginal band away from the part encircled by it at different points, so as to allow the material to be stuffed in.

In practice the bandages will be specially constructed with reference to the special parts for which they are intended to be usedas, for example, those represented in the drawings the one for the foot having the end Ct large enough to close on the upper part of the hoof, with sufficient tension to retain the material inclosed in the pod, and yet so that the hoof will not be constricted too much, while the end I) is enough smaller than end a to close gently on the much smaller ankle above with less or practically no constriction, but so as to retain the contents of the pod, and the pod being suitably larger than the intermediate parts for receiving the remedial substance cl Without tension of itself or compression of the material other than such as to keep it in contact with the inclosed part of the foot. Likewise the bandage for the throat is made with the end aadapted to fit the forehead and the one 1) around the neck a little back of the head and throat, while the pod o incloses the throat and top of the head, and it is made with ear-holes e in suitable position for allowing them to project and be free, and also for utilizing them to aid in keeping the bandage in position.

I claim as my invention The improved veterinary bandage consisting of a rubber or other elastic band of soft pliable substance, with edges of small circu mference, also stronger and more rigid and contractible structure, forming a pod for containing the poultice, and gripping-edges for retaining the same, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix niysignatu re in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE T. CHAPMAN.

\Vitnesses:

W. J. MORGAN, W. B. EARLL. 

